Connecticut State Parks

Two years before the State Park Commission formed in 1913, land at Mount Tom in Washington was given to the State of Connecticut to be used as a state park. Seemingly then the first Park property, it was held by the Forestry Commission until Parks could claim it in 1917. The old two lane roads seen in this 1918 photo were mostly removed from the landscape through improvements of the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s.

Two years before the State Park Commission formed in 1913, land at Mount Tom in Washington was given to the State of Connecticut to be used as a state park. Seemingly then the first Park property, it was held by the Forestry Commission until Parks could claim it in 1917. The old two lane roads seen in this 1918 photo were mostly removed from the landscape through improvements of the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s.

Two years before the State Park Commission formed in 1913, land at Mount Tom in Washington was given to the State of Connecticut to be used as a state park. Seemingly then the first Park property, it was held by the Forestry Commission until Parks could claim it in 1917. The old two lane roads seen in this 1918 photo were mostly removed from the landscape through improvements of the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s.